Five-pointed star between the extended horns of a crescent moon, fennec fox; national colors: green, white, red.
Title | "Kassaman" (We Pledge) |
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Lyric/music | Mufdi ZAKARIAH/Mohamed FAWZI |
Date of Independence | 5 July 1962 (from France) |
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National holiday | Independence Day, 5 July (1962); Revolution Day, 1 November (1954) |
Legal system | mixed legal system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices |
International law organization participation | has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt |
Constitution | |
History | Several previous; latest approved by referendum 1 November 2020 |
Amendments | Proposed by the president of the republic or through the president with the support of three fourths of the members of both houses of Parliament in joint session; passage requires approval by both houses, approval by referendum, and promulgation by the president; the president can forego a referendum if the Constitutional Council determines the proposed amendment does not conflict with basic constitutional principles; articles including the republican form of government, the integrity and unity of the country, and fundamental citizens’ liberties and rights cannot be amended; amended 2002, 2008, 2016; last in 2020 |
Citizenship | |
Citizenship by birth | no |
Citizenship by descent only | the mother must be a citizen of Algeria |
Dual citizenship recognized | no |
Residency requirement for naturalization | 7 years |
Executive Branch | |
Chief of state | President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019) |
Head of government | Prime Minister Nadir LARBAOUI (since 11 November 2023) |
Cabinet | Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president |
Elections/appointments | president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 7 September 2024 (next to be held in 2029); prime minister nominated by the president after consultation with the majority party in Parliament |
Election results | 2024: Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (NLF) 94.7%, Abdelaali Hassani CHERIF (MSP) 3.2%, Youcef AOUCHICHE (FFS) 2.2% 2019: (FLN) 58.1%, Abdelkader BENGRINA (El-Bina) 17.4%, Ali BENFLIS (Talaie El Hurriyet) 10.6%, Azzedine MIHOUBI (RND) 7.3%, Abdelaziz BELAID (Future Front) 6.7% |
Legislative branch | |
Description | Bicameral Parliament consists of: Council of the Nation or Majlis al-Umma (174 seats, statutory; 170 currently); two-thirds of members indirectly elected by simple majority vote by an electoral college composed of local assemblies within each wilaya, and one-third of members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years) National People's Assembly or al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani (407 seats, including 8 seats for Algerian diaspora); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote using the Hare quota method; members serve 5-year terms) |
Elections | Council of the Nation - last held on 5 February 2022 (next expected in 2025) National People's Assembly - snap election held on 12 June 2021 (next to be held on 12 June 2026) |
Election results | Council of the Nation - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 54, RND 22, Future Front 7, National Construction Movement 5, FFS 4, other 6, independent 18, appointed 58; composition - men 163, women 7, percentage women 4.1% National People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 98, MSP 65, RND 58, (Future Front) 48, Movement of National Construction 39, other 15, independent 84; composition - men 375, women 32, percentage women 7.9%; note - total Parliament percentage women 6.8% |
Judicial branch | |
Highest court(s) | Supreme Court or Le Cour Suprême, (consists of 150 judges organized into 8 chambers: Civil, Commercial and Maritime, Criminal, House of Offenses and Contraventions, House of Petitions, Land, Personal Status, and Social; Constitutional Council (consists of 12 members including the court chairman and deputy chairman); note - Algeria's judicial system does not include sharia courts |
Judge selection and term of office | Supreme Court judges appointed by the High Council of Magistracy, an administrative body presided over by the president of the republic, and includes the republic vice-president and several members; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Council members - 4 appointed by the president of the republic, 2 each by the 2 houses of Parliament, 2 by the Supreme Court, and 2 by the Council of State; Council president and members appointed for single 6-year terms with half the membership renewed every 3 years |
Subordinate courts | Appellate or wilaya courts; first instance or daira tribunals |
Diplomatic representation in the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Sabri BOUKADOUM (since 27 February 2024) |
Chancery | 2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008 |
Telephone | [1] (202) 265-2800 |
FAX | [1] (202) 986-5906 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://www.algerianembassy.org/ |
Consulate(s) general | New York |
Diplomatic representation from the US | |
Chief of mission | Ambassador Elizabeth Moore AUBIN (since 9 February 2022) |
Embassy | 05 Chemin Cheikh Bachir, Ibrahimi, El-Biar 16030, Alger |
Mailing address | 6030 Algiers Place, Washington DC 20521-6030 |
Telephone | [213] (0) 770-08-2000 |
FAX | [213] (0) 770-08-2299 |
Email address and website | [email protected] https://dz.usembassy.gov/ |
National heritage | |
Total World Heritage Sites | 7 (6 cultural, 1 mixed) |
Selected World Heritage Site locales | Beni Hammad Fort (c); Djémila (c); Casbah of Algiers (c); M'zab Valley (c); Tassili n'Ajjer (m); Timgad (c); Tipasa (c) |
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